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garden asparagus fruiting asparagus fern asparagus
How is white asparagus grown and harvested?
asparagus fern Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) cladode vegetable structures
Understand the reason behind the unpleasant smell of urine after eating asparagus
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Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.
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asparagus: Media

plant genus

Videos

How is white asparagus grown and harvested?
Overview of asparagus farming in Germany.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Understand the reason behind the unpleasant smell of urine after eating asparagus
Learn why eating asparagus can change the smell of urine.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

garden asparagus
Young garden asparagus plants (Asparagus officinalis).
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fruiting asparagus fern
Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus) with red fruits.
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asparagus
Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis).
© Dusan Zidar/Fotolia
asparagus fern
Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus).
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Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
Walter Chandoha
cladode
Examples of plants with cladodes: (left) Engelmann prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii),...
(Left) Grant Heilman Photography; (center) A to Z Botanical Collection/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; (right) © Dusan Zidar/Fotolia
vegetable structures
Structures of four representative vegetables.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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